Word: aol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CONNECTING TO AOL...
...going, but the Web changes very, very quickly, and potent players already occupy several key markets. Car buyers, for instance, can try Auto-By-Tel or Microsoft's CarPoint; computer shoppers are using Netbuyer; and financial-services advice is available on the Quicken Financial Network. Perennial content giants like AOL are sure to step up to the plate as well...
Funny, that relationship almost came undone by a lack of computers and wires. For years the company flourished despite monthly fees of $9.95 for five hours online, plus $2.95 for each additional hour, which kept AOL's subscribers watching the clock. But the growing challenge from Internet- service providers like Netcom, AT&T and even Microsoft Network finally prompted AOL to lower its monthly fee to match the going rate of $19.95 for unlimited Internet access. For that amount, users would get not only the Internet but also AOL's own proprietary content, including games, scores of newspaper and magazine...
...AOL enjoys a nearly 3 million-subscriber lead over CompuServe, its nearest competitor, and boasts a monthly revenue stream upwards of $140 million, a number that is a fantasy to the people who run your average Top 10 Websites. Although it could be spring before all the improvements are felt, most users will probably stick it out. AOL has improved its features over the years so that no other online service can match it for ease of use. AOL also has another advantage: changing an E-mail address is as inconvenient as changing a real...
...years, the techier-than-thou digerati have been deriding AOL as "training wheels for the Internet" and predicting the imminent demise of the firm's proprietary-software model at the hands of the free-to-the-masses World Wide Web. But now that AOL has matched its Web rivals on price, the training wheels have come off. And AOL is not only still pedaling, but--its recent mishaps notwithstanding--it also currently runs the most lucrative toll booth on the information highway...